Course: DMT 2701
Division: Business and Applied Tech
Department: Transportation Technology
Title: Heating and Air Conditioning
Semester Approved: Spring 2020
Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2025
End Semester: Fall 2025
Catalog Description: Students will cover the principles, operation, and servicing of automotive, diesel, and transportation air conditioning and heating systems and their components. Corequisite: The lecture DMT 2701 must be taken concurrently with the lab DMT 2705.
Semesters Offered: Spring
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 2; Lab: 0
Clock/Hour Requirements: 30
Corequisites: DMT 2705
Justification: This course is required for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Education Foundation accreditation. It is approved by the program advisory committee. It is a core course for the Diesel and Automotive Technology AAS degrees.
Student Learning Outcomes: Students will understand air conditioning and heating theory and the requirements for the proper operation of the climate control system. Students will be assessed by completion of quizzes and chapter review questions.
Students will learn to use the appropriate specialized tools for proper testing, inspecting, and charging of air conditioning systems. Students will be assessed by completion of quizzes and chapter review questions.
Students will understand the appropriate steps to disassemble and reassemble an HVAC system. Students will be assessed by completion of quizzes and chapter review questions.
Content: •Course specific safety
•Theory of HVAC operation
•HVAC diagnosis
•HVAC tools and equipment
•HVAC removal and disassembly
•Pressure relationships
•Moisture and moisture removal
•Maintenance of the HVAC system
•Retro fitment of R-12 to R134A
•Electrical operation
•Environmental impacts
Key Performance Indicators: Students will be graded on homework assignments, quizzes, attendance, participation, and a final test.
Homework and quizzes 80 to 90%
Final test 5 to 20%
Participation/Attendance 0 to 15%
Representative Text and/or Supplies: Mark Schnubel., Automotive Heating & Air Conditioning, current edition, Cengage Learning.
Pedagogy Statement: This is a lecture class taught in conjunction with a lab, DMT 2705. Students will be taught using lecture, discussion, demonstration, and hands-on activities.
Instructional Mediums: Lecture
Maximum Class Size: 20
Optimum Class Size: 15
